Healthcare DIVE March 31, 2025
Closing the offices will impact efforts to improve the health of underserved patients in the U.S. — and is probably illegal, according to experts.
The CMS and HHS offices that coordinate efforts to eliminate health disparities are being shut down completely as part of the Trump administration’s overhaul of the federal healthcare department, according to sources with direct knowledge of the matter.
The closures could hamper government efforts to improve healthcare for underserved Americans, including racial and ethnic minorities and patients in rural areas, said HHS officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution from the Trump administration.
Shutting the offices, which were authorized by the Affordable Care Act more than a decade ago, may also...
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